Rougemont ranks below 90% of compared French towns on couples with children: 15%
The share of second homes is 8.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a retired person than in 85% of compared French towns: 40%. 1,051 residents in 470 households: that is Rougemont at the 2023 Census. Across Rougemont, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Doubs median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Rougemont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rougemont had 1,215 residents at the 2012 census and 1,051 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 86 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rougemont changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Rougemont is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rougemont 50. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%), Rougemont is below 72% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are single parents, more than in 90% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
41% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Just over a fifth of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 7.3% of the total. Lower than in 60% of compared French towns: 9% of households have no car.
A median of €23,740 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Rougemont
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rougemont ranks below 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
By its share of single residents (31%), Rougemont is above 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rougemont ranks above 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 32%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,051 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Rougemont: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rougemont | 50 | 29% | 8.9% | 2.7% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 8.8 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 11.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 13.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 13.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Lure 7,877 · 15.9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 17.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Rougemont
What is the population of Rougemont?
1,051 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,215).
How old are Rougemont’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rougemont?
54, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rougemont?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rougemont?
€23,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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